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Scuba Junkie Komodo Beach Resort is a stunning and secluded Eco-Dive Resort that is dedicated to bringing you the best diving experience possible. We have accommodation to suit all budgets, and from our restaurant area you can watch the sunset over the Komodo National Park. Through this blog, find out more about what goes on behind the scenes, about our conservation work and get to know our crew!

Shark Week: Day 1

Shark Week
2017 started with a bang! We have a group of enthusiastic kids from our
neighbouring community that often join us for beach cleans through out the
year. For the start of Shark Week we decided to take them out to experience the
water from a different perspective.

We met in
the morning, with a team of volunteers keen to help out. Everyone gathered on
our dive boat – the ‘Alfredi’ – and began out journey into the Komodo National
Park. We made sure everyone was kitted out in life jackets, and tried to keep the
excitement to a sitting down level. This proved to be difficult as many had not
been so far into the National Park before and even the ‘adults’ helping out
found it difficult to contain their excitement at taking these guys on such an
adventure.

Thankfully
we had Dimas on board, who these kids clearly have a lot of love and respect
for, as he’s been teaching them English for the last few months. He wrote out a
short piece of English for them to read out. They did amazingly well and we’re
so proud of them!

It came
time for them to jump in the water. Everyone was prepared and ready to make
sure everyone was safe, but had a great time. There were some comedy life rings
around, and everyone strapped into life jackets. There were a few mask issues,
but aside from that everyone was so comfortable in the water! We will make
underwater ambassadors of these guys in no time! Unfortunately, it was not the
day to see any sharks in the water, but a few lucky snorkelers did see a Manta!

As we
headed back to the resort, we had some delicious nasi goereng that it was time
for everyone to have a nap after all the excitement!

No rest for
the wicked though, when we arrived back at the resort it was time for a beach
clean! Before the rain hit we managed to clean up 46kg of rubbish and 14kg of
reclycling. All those who had been snorkelling with us came to get involved, as
well as some of the younger ones who still need to wait a few years before we
can get them out in the water. It was great to see them so eager to get
involved.

Unfortunately,
the rain struck and the beach clean was cut short. But, that didn’t mean the
day was over! Dimas sat down with them as went through even more English
lessons!

As the evening
drew in the kids headed home, and it was time to show our guests what we had
been up to through out the day. The aim of shark week is to raise awareness of
the unfortunate threats that sharks face, and to change to perception of sharks
as an aggressive man eating killer. For the opening of Shark Week we decided to
show the opening episode of BBC Sharks – to give people a basic understanding
of these graceful and misunderstood creatures.

It was a
fantastic start to the week, and we look forward to all that will be going on
over the next few days!